Undergarment



Patented Nov. 24, 1925.

Uhllih. S l /AYES PATENT QFFICE.

HATTIE JANE PAGE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, AFSSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO EILEBT A. OLEMENTS, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MIG."tlITlCwrAIl. Z. v

UNDERGABMENT.

Application filed April 28, 1924.

To all 107mm '2'! 'nmg concern;

Be it known that I, Harrie JANE Pacn, a citizen of the United Etates, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of llflichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Undergarniients, of which the following is a speciliration.

My invention relates to improvements in 0 underwear, ladies dresses. and like garments. and its objects are: first, to provide garments of the kind mentioned that may be fitted to the body and neck of the wearer without the use of buttons for securing them in place; second, to provide a garment of the kind mentioned that may be ma do so open at the neck as to be easily and readily passed upon the body of the person. either over the head, or by passing the feet through the neck opening, and yet form close and perfect fitting neck bands without the use of buttons, and, third, to provide a union under suit that may be placed upon the body oi. the wearer by passing the "feet through the neck opening and drawing the garment upardly over the hips and the shoulders. and. when on. the neck opening will be automatically drawn into form to perfectly tit around the neck and upon the shoulders of the wearer, without the use of buttons or hooks or other 't'astenings of any kind.

I attain these objects by the construction and arrangement oi? parts shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a trout elevation oi the upper part of the gariuent. Fig. 2 is a like flGW of the back oi? the garment with the back partly removed to show the manner of placing and securing the shoulder flaps. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the neck of the garment when drawn to the full extent of its opening for passing it over the head or over the hips of the wearer. Fig. 41; shows a garment as it should appear upon the person of the wearer, and. Fig. 5 is a plan of the shoulder oi the gan .inent.

Similar reference chancters indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

In the completed garment I connect. as by stitching or otherwise. long flaps 3 to the front 1 of the garment from a to (Z, and like flaps 3 to the back of the garment. in like manner. The flaps 3 pass over the shoulders and downwardly under the back of the garment, and the flaps 3 pass over the shoulders Serial No. 709,604.

and downwardly over the front of the garment, and the back of the garment, and the :lront of the garment, and their respective flaps are stitched around the arm scyes openings and downwardly along the aXillar portions from a to b, and thence across about one half: the way to the center of the garment to the points 0 and 0, respectively, leaving the front of the garment, and its flaps, disconnected from the back oi. the garmentand its flaps, from Zi0 upwardly over the shoulders and downwardly to b o, all so arranged that the neck opening may be readily extended, as shown in Fig. 3, to be readily passed over the head or the body 01 the wearer, and as readily closed to form a close, comfortable fitting neck opening at 6. as indicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 4-. In Fig. 2 I have shown the back of the garment removed from the neck opening 6 down to the line a9.r, to reveal the positions of the flaps 3 that extend from the front of the garment under the back of the garment to the line Z)c.

It will be readily understood that as the flaps are not stitched to the garment between the points a and c or between the points (4 and (Z, it is an easy matter for the wearer to enter his fingers into the neck opening 6. at

each'side of the neck of the wearer and to extend this opening. as indicated in Fig. sufliciently to allow the wearer to pass it either over his head or over his hips and body, and when the garment is in place upon the body the positions oi? the lapels from 0 to 0 will insure a perfect lit around the neck, as indicated in Fig. 4.

I find that to get absolutely satisfactory results in the (it of the neck of: the garment it is necessary to make the pull upon the borders of the lapels as nearly straight downward from the points (Zd as is possible, hence the necessity for carrying the vertical lines of the lapels as far forward at the lower ends, as indicated at c-c and 0 -0, in Figs. 1 and 2.

Having thus "fully described my invention, what I claim as new in the art, is:

1. A garment comprising a front and a back body part, the back of the garment having two flaps connected therewith at the shoulder lines and passing over the front of the garment, the inner borders of the flaps diverging downwardly from the sides of the neck opening to the waist line, thence stitched across horizontally to the axillar portion of the garment, the front of the garment having two like flaps connected therewith at the shoulder lines and having their inner borders diverging downwardlv and extending to the Waist line, thence stitched to the body of the garment across to the aXillar portions of the garment and the outer edges of the four flaps stitched vertically along the aXillar portions and around the arm soyes of the garment, all arranged to form a close fitting and readily expansible neck opening.

2. In combination with the elements covered in claim 1, the construction wherein the front of the garment and its attendant flaps are disconnected from the back of the garment and its attendant flaps from the lower lines of the front flaps over the shoulders and down to the lower lines of the back flaps,

and from the open front borders of the flaps backwardly to the lines of stitching to the side lines and around the arm scyes oi the garment.

Signed at April 22. 1924.

Grand Rapids.

HATTIE J AN E PAGE.

Michigan 25 

